The freight elevator sure was useful... Still, if we all started using it, we'd just have 5 elevators instead of 4, which wouldn't be that much of an improvement. Next time I'll try to get a room on a reasonably low floor so I can use the stairs - the 11th was a bit much... But just going to class early worked fine - the only time I ended up in a really big elevator line was after the banquet, but that just left me time to walk around and look at what lace everyone was wearing <g>.
Weronika On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 08:30:27PM -0400, Clay Blackwell wrote: > What I learned at IOLI: Don't wait until Friday (as I did...) to find the > freight elevator. It's usually conveniently located and almost always > empty. When the elevators are over-worked (as they were in Denver and > every other IOLI convention I've been to...) the hotel staff is usually > happy to have you use them. > > Clay > > Clay Blackwell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Alice Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Date: 8/9/2005 2:12:40 AM > > Subject: Re: [lace] IOLI convention - more comments > > > > Thanks, Patsy, for your report. I enjoyed being in class with you. > > > > Things I learned at conference: > > -Waiting for an elevator takes longer than walking down the stairs, but > > with those pillows and bags, it's not worth it to walk. Start early. Be > > patient. > > -Watch the front desk at the hotel. Periodically they put out dishes of > > apples, chocolates, and bottles of water. Free. (Or rather -- part of > your > > room cost.) > > -Wear some lace. It will catch the attention of even the non lacers. > > -Smile. You have lots of friends here you just haven't met yet. > > -Room service breakfast is fun! And a good start to the day. > > -Take three times the money you think you'll need. The sales room is > > unbelievably tempting. > > -Ask for a wheelchair at the airport. You'll go through express > > security. Or go with someone in a wheelchair. > > -Pack an extra bag in your suitcase to take home all the extras. > > -I need a folding lace stand that's more compact than the ones I have. > > -A person never has too many pillows.....or bobbins......or thread...or > books. > > > > The host guild did a wonderful job of coping with all of us. And the > hotel > > people were more cooperative than some hotels I've been in. And very > > polite. Congrats to RMLG for a great conference. I could tell the work > you > > put into it. > > > > Did you all notice that Vasna *wore* her prize dragon on her head as a > hat > > at the banquet????? > > > > A note for all people who had things in the exhibit hall. Please check > > your items, wrappings, and boxes for a stray 6-inch knitted doily. It > > seems to have been caught on another piece of lace and left the room with > > the wrong owner. Please return it to a member of the RMLG and it will be > > sent on to the correct owner, no questions asked. No, it's not mine. I > > just have the nerve to speak up. > > I'd like to see it go to its own home very soon. Pass the word on to > > exhibitors in your groups who are not Arachnians. Thanks. > > > > Even during this conference, I heard people speaking of attending future > > ones. Next year in Montreal will be an interesting one. The contest was > > announced and the details will be in the next Bulletin. You have time > > enough to enter, if you start when you get the next Bulletin. You can > make > > it the largest contest yet. > > > > Tulsa -- what will be the dates of your conference? They announced that > it > > would be earlier than the dates listed on the web or previous > publications, > > but they didn't say just when. I'd like to know. Please. > > > > Thanks, again, RMLG, for a great conference. It was fun, interesting, > and > > well run from start to finish. It sets a standard that future groups > will > > have to work hard to beat. > > > > Alice in Oregon -- where I'm almost recovered from conference and > traveling. > > > > - > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Weronika Patena Stanford, CA, USA http://vole.stanford.edu/weronika - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
